Gettin’ Around

Another bike trip today.  This time we went over the north shore and headed up to Lac Du Bois Grasslands.  There’s a dirt road that runs into the parkland and it’s pretty nicely gravelled.  The only other vehicle we saw was a person sitting in her truck watching birds.  Can’t beat that.

It was beautiful out there.  My only issue was that the 4 km we rode in was all uphill.  Seeing as I’m still in the process of getting fit that was a bit tricky for me.  I did it – but I had to give up before Joel.  We found a more rugged trail that went off up into the hills but I just wasn’t able to manage it.

Part of my problem was that I just couldn’t get enough traction with my current tires.  I’m dangerous enough on my bike 😉

While Joel took off up the path to check out what it was like I took a panoramic shot of the scenery in the “DMD” app on my iPhone.

The ride back to the car? Down hill most of the way and it was a blast! It’s a short ride for us coming in at only 8 km return but it took us an hour.  It was hard work – a steady incline but worth it.  I’ll definitely vote to go back 🙂